Author/Authors :
Pinet، نويسنده , , P. and Cerroni، نويسنده , , P. and Josset، نويسنده , , S. Beauvivre، نويسنده , , S. and Chevrel، نويسنده , , S. and Muinonen، نويسنده , , K. and Langevin، نويسنده , , Y. and Barucci، نويسنده , , M.A. and De Sanctis، نويسنده , , M.C. and Shkuratov، نويسنده , , Yu. and Shevchenko، نويسنده , , V. and Plancke، نويسنده , , P. and Hofmann، نويسنده , , B.A. and Josset، نويسنده , , M. and Ehrenfreund، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The advanced Moon micro-imager experiment (AMIE) is the imaging system on board ESA mission to the Moon SMART-1; it makes use of a miniaturised detector and micro-processor electronics developed by SPACE X in the frame of the ESA technical programme. The AMIE micro-imager will provide high resolution CCD images of selected lunar areas and it will perform colour imaging through three filters at 750, 915 and 960 nm with a maximum resolution of 46 m/pixel at the perilune of 500 km. Specific scientific objectives will include (1) imaging of high latitude regions in the southern hemisphere, in particular the South Pole Aitken basin (SPA) and the permanently shadowed regions close to the South Pole, (2) determination of the photometric properties of the lunar surface from observations at different phase angles (physical properties of the regolith), (3) multi-band imaging for constraining the chemical and mineral composition of the surface, (4) detection and characterisation of lunar non-mare volcanic units, (5) study of lithological variations from impact craters and implications for crustal heterogeneity. The AMIE micro-imager will also support a Laser-link experiment to Earth, an On Board Autonomous Navigation investigation and a Lunar libration experiment coordinated with radio science measurements.
Keywords :
spectral imaging , Orbital photometry , SMART-1 ESA Mission , moon
